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[maltaboy]

Its interesting to read the comments here and also in the "I'm off thread". A number of the comments made I have made time and time again both in public and in private to admin. On many occasions I have been told I am wrong and folk are quite happy for the drivel to continue.

Take a look at the thread regarding the fire of the first B7 on Stocksbridge the other week. How many posts actually are newsworthy? Just how many posts do we need from members saying "ooo that looks bad", "oh it will be a write off", "oh that looks a mess" etc etc. Do we really need to fill threads up by having lots of similar messages stating the obvious?

Similar with other posts something has been posted only for a page or two later someone has posted the same question that was asked previously. Are folk not reading what has been posted? I think some of it is that reason but is it also the fact that so many threads have far too much posted in them that it makes it hard to read and to keep up with it?

Other postings such as "I saw a bus with Not in service on the destination" or words tot hat effect and "is this usual". Do we really need the same few members posting the same silly messages?

I am the first to admit there are times when I'm a bit cutting, a bit sharp and a bit close to the bone and at times I should let some of the drivel rise above me. I have to say just like many many others I should think about what I put and more so how I write it and a lot of other members should think similar.

I find another problem seems to be that the group is all about the number of posts and not the quality of posts. Surely we would all rather have less to rrad than the endless pages of rubbish?

[sheffowl]

May 16, 2011 16:07:46 GMT markno16 said:

If we're talking about stopping drivel being posted, then those members who come on about once a week and feel the need to create useless posts in literally every thread on the forum have to be stopped! I log on expecting something interesting when I see the 'new' icon, however it is somebody repeating exactly what has been said before.

Another issue is those member who keep asking for the same lists over and over again..just read through the last pages of the thread!

Agree completely with both these comments. Particularly the one about posting useless comments in 30 threads one after the other. It means the useful and interesting stuff gets hidden in the rubbish.

[admin]

Problem is here folks, when we act and clamp down, people cry wolf. It's the same when we dont act and let the problems sort themselves out. But if people feel so strongly about being treated like 5 year olds with increased moderation on the forum, then so be it. But please don't be coming back, flooding mine and Dougie's e-mail and PM with lots of requests about "why was my post removed/edited" a few days later.

I would have liked to have hoped we were all old enough and mature enough to have as little moderation as is possible, but we will have to wait and see and this will have to be taken into review with the staff team.

Please do keep the feedback coming, as moderation is one thing - but it is YOU (the members) who make the forum what it is. All the staff do is keep things ticking over and making sure everything is running smoothly, as it should.

Thanks,
Staff at South Yorkshire Transport

[siy2010]

My gripes with forum are similar to a lot of the posts above, the one that really get me is the folk who come on and post pointless drivel on every thread in sight. And the misallocation thread should be got rid of full stop for me. It just a huge thread of useless posts.
I know I'm possibly guilty of some close to the bone postings but that's me as a person.

[busman3]

But if certain people had been dealt with years ago this problem would not be here now .

[mainline]

Like I mentioned this morning, if people don't like something, then don't read it. Remember we're all different and just because someone doesn't like something, doesn't mean that everyone else wont like it either. Has worked for me for a number of years, pretty easily to be honest.

I hope we don't go down the road of increased moderation and go the same way as SF did, as its not necessary - especially considering I count about 10 people so far who have complained/left feedback in this and other threads and only 2 have been in relation to moderation. We're grown ups here, so maybe some members should start acting like it?

Don't tar us all with the same brush please.

[maltaboy]

May 16, 2011 20:49:32 GMT mainline said:

Like I mentioned this morning, if people don't like something, then don't read it. Remember we're all different and just because someone doesn't like something, doesn't mean that everyone else wont like it either. Has worked for me for a number of years, pretty easily to be honest.

But how do you ignore ten posts to read the one good post in a thread?

[35234]

Oh my some people must have really got nothing much better to do with their time after reading some of the posts above. The way I see it, we have got 2 choices here, either stay or go. I log on to view discussions about transport in South Yorkshire, not to listen to a lot of hot air been bantered around, by people who seem to think they can do a better job than the staff administration. Sorry to sound harsh, but that's just how I see it.

Now maybe we can have a little less moaning and actually all try to get along and do what we seem to do best, discuss public transport in South Yorkshire?

[markno16]

May 16, 2011 22:22:35 GMT 35234 said:

I log on to view discussions about transport in South Yorkshire, not to listen to a lot of hot air been bantered around, by people who seem to think they can do a better job than the staff administration....Now maybe we can have a little less moaning and actually all try to get along and do what we seem to do best

Err, this is the feedback section...its what it's for.

[moonraker79]

May 16, 2011 20:49:32 GMT mainline said:

I hope we don't go down the road of increased moderation and go the same way as SF did, as its not necessary - especially considering I count about 10 people so far who have complained/left feedback in this and other threads and only 2 have been in relation to moderation. We're grown ups here, so maybe some members should start acting like it?

Some of us are "Grown up" enough to point out that the rubbish/spam certain people put on here needs sorting, at the moment it doesn't get sorted. End result = More moderation is needed.

[jimmy]

May 17, 2011 9:41:20 GMT @moonraker79 said:

May 16, 2011 20:49:32 GMT mainline said:

I hope we don't go down the road of increased moderation and go the same way as SF did, as its not necessary - especially considering I count about 10 people so far who have complained/left feedback in this and other threads and only 2 have been in relation to moderation.

Some of us are "Grown up" enough to point out that the rubbish/spam certain people put on here needs sorting, at the moment it doesn't get sorted. End result = More moderation is needed.

My biggest gripe to be honest is the amount of stuff on here that is just copied en bloc from other sites. Do these posters think they are the only ones with access to these other sites? I personally read those that are of interest to me and get peed of to come on here and see large sections of them repeated wholesale. As for a bit of banter - What harm as long as it does not get out of hand.

[wbc]

May 16, 2011 16:07:46 GMT markno16 said:

If we're talking about stopping drivel being posted, then those members who come on about once a week and feel the need to create useless posts in literally every thread on the forum have to be stopped! I log on expecting something interesting when I see the 'new' icon, however it is somebody repeating exactly what has been said before.

Agreed, the points mentioned are things I find quite annoying, I dont see the need to post into every single thread going that week especially when the postings add no value and quite often are duplications of things mentioned previously or a few pages back.